Marine Basins

Published by Marine Institute

This Feature Class layer of "Basins" in the Irish Continental Shelf (ie. AKA Irish EEZ) represents the geographic boundary of the designated "basins". This layer consists of 5 designated basins and has been sourced from the Petroleum Affairs Division of the Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources.
A Basin represents a large submarine depression of a generally circular, elliptical or oval shape and by depression we mean any depressed or lower area in the ocean floor.

Tags

boundaries coastal heritage environment geoscientificinformation heritage council marine basins oceans sea regions

Data Resources

Unnamed resource

Format: arcsde connection

available as arcsde connection

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Additional Information

License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Created 2024-11-06
Last Updated 2025-10-22
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